Your Mail: Louisiana is toughest on crime

The headline said that Louisiana had the nation's highest rate of incarceration in 2012, which means that we have more people in prison, per 100,000 population, than any other state.

I say that is a good thing. It means we have citizens who report crimes, police and other law enforcement personnel who do their jobs well, effective courts and sentencing requirements that are more than suggestions.Louisiana does not have too many people in prison. Other states choose not to arrest, prosecute and sentence offenders as well as they should.

Jeffrey DellessioNatchitoches

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Your Mail: Louisiana is toughest on crime

The headline said that Louisiana had the nation's highest rate of incarceration in 2012, which means that we have more people in prison, per 100,000 population, than any other state.I say that is a